https://rarebirdvideo.com Rare Bird Video Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:38:02 +0000 https://rarebirdvideo.com en https://rarebirdvideo.com/Info Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:13:36 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Info Rare Bird Video As an experienced, small and flexible business, I aim to keep things as simple as possible, while still producing effective results with a strong aesthetic. I work in collaboration with visual artists, filmmakers, theatre artists and music composers to create high quality video productions. Rare Bird Video delivers creative, memorable and visually stunning work and take pride in and great care to listen to each client’s requirements, providing attention to detail to produce captivating videos. Video productions include drama, documentary and promotional films, learning resources and evaluations to filming events, exhibitions, music, performance and theatre shows. &nbsp; Rare Bird Video has a passion for film and people’s stories. The moving image is such an effective and direct medium to tell a story, to deliver strong messages and to reach out and engage with people. Rare Bird Video is run by Helena Öhman, a Swedish filmmaker and visual artist based in Glasgow. Clients have ranged from public sector funded arts and health specialists organisations, charities and local authorities to galleries and museums, other filmmakers and artists. Rare Bird Video have produced films for organisations and agencies in the voluntary and statutory sector, a range of national and community based support and advocacy organisations and arts organisations. https://rarebirdvideo.com/Rare-Bird-Video-Menu Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:13:39 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Rare-Bird-Video-Menu HELENA OHMAN – RARE BIRD VIDEO Video Production 2025Cecilia Stenbom – Freedom to MoveBazooka Arts &amp; Glasgow Print Studio 2024Manu Kurewa – JeanTrails + TalesBazooka Arts &amp; Glasgow Print Studio 2023Scottish Documentary InstituteGoMA – Sugarcoating the Past?GoMA – Repeat Patterns Down’s Syndrome Scotland 2022Mount Stuart – Pacing the Void GoMA – Amik GoMA – Niki/Niki builds a body 2021GWL – Susanne Bonnar Performance Bazooka Arts Scottish Opera 2020HRCS 2019 GoMA – Hal FisherThe&nbsp;Glasgow School of Art GoMA – Domestic Bliss &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; British Red Cross CCPS + Wren and Greyhound Wren and GreyhoundAlcohol Focus Scotland 2018 HRCS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; National Galleries of ScotlandWren and Greyhound GoMA – Queer Times SchoolWren and Greyhound Down’s Syndrome Scotland&nbsp; HRCS, SHRC, EHRC, SCVO&nbsp; 2017 National Galleries of ScotlandAlison J. Carr – Felicity Means Happiness&nbsp;Wren and Greyhound&nbsp;LAMH 2016 Alcohol Focus ScotlandScottish Women’s Aid National Galleries of Scotland 2015GWL – Sex in the Women’s LibraryGWL – Women on the Shelf Alcohol Focus Scotland – GAPCAlcohol Focus Scotland – Alcohol Truth Into Film Scotland Photography British Red CrossKate Burton – BB Cecilia Stenbom –&nbsp;In Waiting Info︎ Contact︎ ︎ https://rarebirdvideo.com/Cecilia-Stenbom-Freedom-to-Move Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:38:02 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Cecilia-Stenbom-Freedom-to-Move 3. Thomas Kuhn &nbsp; <img width="1200" height="720" width_o="1200" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25f5f039c198371a270b6e3795a8ccb8e5be3b8db68c16fce0d3abf30a5c80b0/FREEDOM-TO-MOVE.JPG" data-mid="246767107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25f5f039c198371a270b6e3795a8ccb8e5be3b8db68c16fce0d3abf30a5c80b0/FREEDOM-TO-MOVE.JPG" /> 2025Freedom to MoveDirector of Photography &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Directed by Cecilia Stenbom,&nbsp;Freedom to Move intimately chronicles the daily rituals, training regimes, and social life of Rainbow Mbuangi, a talented athlete who plays for Merseyside Blind Football Club. Freedom to Move offers an intimate observation of Rainbow Mbuangi, a key player for Merseyside Blind Football Club. The film embeds itself within Mbuangi’s daily life, documenting the structured routines, intensive training, and social world that orbit his athletic pursuits. Through a rigorous focus on sound—both the necessities of his off-field navigational aids and the specialized, rattling ‘soundball’ used in the game—the documentary explores the complex relationship between dependence and autonomy. On the pitch, where he is fully reliant on auditory cues, Mbuangi challenges conventional notions of athletic space and visual interpretation. The intention behind Freedom to Move was to create a film that doesn’t rely on exposition but rather immerses the audience in Rainbow’s daily reality – both on and off the field. We want viewers to feel the rhythm of his routines and the nuances of his interactions, offering a visceral understanding of his life. To do so, we have blended observational filming with re-enactment. This meant capturing Rainbow and his close friends in their environment, while also staging certain moments to convey key aspects of Rainbow’s life. In addition, we’re focusing on enhancing the auditory experience of Rainbow, leveraging sound design to immerse viewers in his world through sonic motifs centred around the sound ball, the sped-up audio phone cues and rattling of the walking cane. To simulate Rainbow’s visual impairment, the film starts with 11 seconds of black screen allowing the soundscape to lead the audience into Rainbow’s world.Text from Cecilia Stenbom’s website Freedom to Move Trailer Directed by Cecilia Stenbom Director of Photography – Helena Öhman Sound – Alice Dunphy Project Coordinator and Editor – Sara Brook Produced by Cecilia Stenbom and Ben Young Concept developed by Andrea Scott Bell and Cecilia Stenbom &nbsp; &nbsp; https://rarebirdvideo.com/Bazooka-Arts-Glasgow-Print-Studio Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:36:02 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Bazooka-Arts-Glasgow-Print-Studio 3. Thomas Kuhn &nbsp; 2025Brave SpacesCinematographer, Editor&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;A collaboration between&nbsp;Bazooka Arts and Glasgow Print Studio, part of SMHAF – Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025. Bazooka Arts and Glasgow Print Studio work with shared values, that the arts should be truly accessible for everyone and firmly believe in the multiple health, personal and social benefits that can be experienced through arts participation. Brave Spaces was delivered through a combination of outreach and immersive workshops, supporting participants to expand personal and creative comfort zones while exploring new printmaking techniques, environments and opportunities. The group selected archive screenprints featuring a range of techniques, styles and approaches which connected thematically, and inspired the development of their own artworks. The project provided valuable respite relief for many of the participants, most of whom have unpaid caring roles or live with challenges relating to long term health conditions. The project itself was a Brave Space, a place to safely explore and push the boundaries of personal and creative comfort zones, develop confidence and explore new artistic possibilities. &nbsp; https://rarebirdvideo.com/Manu-Kurewa-Jean Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:39:05 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Manu-Kurewa-Jean 3. Thomas Kuhn &nbsp; 2024JeanEditor &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A short documentary about Jean Donnachie, a Glasgow woman living at&nbsp;Kingsway Court, who led protests against dawn raids and the deportation of asylum seeker families. A group of seven teenagers, who became known as the Glasgow Girls, campaigned for a change in the law to stop these dawn raids. The film deal with difficult subject matter but is also a celebration of life and human resilience. Filmmaker and Producer – Manu Kurewa Editor, Colourist, Sound Designer –&nbsp;Helena Ohman Associate Producer –&nbsp;Aileen Ritchie Assistant Camera and Sound –&nbsp;David Pope &nbsp; https://rarebirdvideo.com/Trails-Tales Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:26:57 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Trails-Tales 3. Thomas Kuhn &nbsp; 2019 - 2024Trails + TalesCinematographer, Editor &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Trails and Tales is an arts and heritage learning programme engaging artists with communities to explore their local history and heritage. Each of the creative projects will generate research, conversations and creative responses to learning to inform the design and creation of a series of outdoors sculptural arts and heritage trails, across 11 local communities in East Dunbartonshire. From 2014 to 2017, Trails and Tales worked with 11 towns and villages across East Dunbartonshire: Auchinairn, Baldernock, Bearsden &amp; Westerton, Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Lennoxtown, Lenzie, Milngavie, Milton of Campsie, Torrance and Twechar. <img width="1277" height="718" width_o="1277" height_o="718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8882e52c7f5828657eae30192c6c21853f88b616ec6bf9bdb1c0ebdd381479f/TRAILS_AND_TALES_01.jpg" data-mid="54231122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8882e52c7f5828657eae30192c6c21853f88b616ec6bf9bdb1c0ebdd381479f/TRAILS_AND_TALES_01.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="1231" width_o="1772" height_o="1231" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f88d59fd5d390379c877f34ebb8463da5e039d0ac509128f6f780abd116f11d/Trails-and-Tales-Map.jpg" data-mid="50581734" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f88d59fd5d390379c877f34ebb8463da5e039d0ac509128f6f780abd116f11d/Trails-and-Tales-Map.jpg" /> These areas were identified and consulted with through a series of events in 2013. The information gathered informed external applications to funding bodies. <img width="1277" height="718" width_o="1277" height_o="718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3b1f876287e68218a94d76833dc8c87530590fdd530d1f4f0e5bead8146879e/TRAILS_AND_TALES_02.jpg" data-mid="54231123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3b1f876287e68218a94d76833dc8c87530590fdd530d1f4f0e5bead8146879e/TRAILS_AND_TALES_02.jpg" /> <img width="1277" height="718" width_o="1277" height_o="718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6f229df7895e623d59d40c52308f93b5c944f79b18c3ac7a5911bac551d72b5/TRAILS_AND_TALES_03.jpg" data-mid="54231124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6f229df7895e623d59d40c52308f93b5c944f79b18c3ac7a5911bac551d72b5/TRAILS_AND_TALES_03.jpg" /> Toby Paterson, Dug Macleod, Simon Whatley Stacks 1,2,3, Lenzie Moss &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Trails and Tales is an East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture (EDLC) Trust Programme and is kindly supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland and East Dunbartonshire Council. Trails and Tales is managed by Esmee Thompson-Smith, Heritage &amp; Arts Team Leader for EDLC. <img width="400" height="216" width_o="400" height_o="216" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9736dd89a7801e4d8632c618064aa0897e2334fbf8ea9d0c65c5751e683ce3c9/trails-and-tales-logo.jpg" data-mid="50583920" border="0" data-scale="7" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/9736dd89a7801e4d8632c618064aa0897e2334fbf8ea9d0c65c5751e683ce3c9/trails-and-tales-logo.jpg" /> https://rarebirdvideo.com/Bazooka-Arts-Glasgow-Print-Studio-1 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:03:50 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Bazooka-Arts-Glasgow-Print-Studio-1 3. Thomas Kuhn &nbsp; 2024Hidden SanctuaryCinematographer, Editor &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A collaboration between Bazooka Arts and Glasgow Print Studio, working on a creative relay as part of the Healing Arts Scotland Festival and SMHAF – Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2024. Bazooka Arts and Glasgow Print Studio work with shared values, that the arts should be truly accessible for everyone and firmly believe in the multiple health, personal and social benefits that can be experienced through arts participation. &nbsp; https://rarebirdvideo.com/Scottish-Documentary-Institute Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:32:46 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/Scottish-Documentary-Institute 2. Walter Pater 2023Fitting Director of Photography&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DOP for the short documentary film FITTING, directed by Caitlin McMullan. The film explores the unique relationship between the director, an amputee, and her prosthetist, by their contrasting experiences during the making of a prosthetic leg.&nbsp; FITTING had its world premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival 2023 and was developed through Bridging the Gap, a Scottish Documentary Institute talent development initiative supported by Screen Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen.<img width="1125" height="747" width_o="1125" height_o="747" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82fd565a194a96738c8e0151761a4fe3a7817fc860205149e1022089b472e089/IMG_3503.jpg" data-mid="203638231" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82fd565a194a96738c8e0151761a4fe3a7817fc860205149e1022089b472e089/IMG_3503.jpg" /> <img width="1124" height="740" width_o="1124" height_o="740" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c213b587e27ff1a0134ac3b4ac22256354f74bcfb2d83a92327343c07abdb6a/IMG_3501.jpg" data-mid="203636747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c213b587e27ff1a0134ac3b4ac22256354f74bcfb2d83a92327343c07abdb6a/IMG_3501.jpg" /> Film festivals: DOC NYC Sunderland Shorts Film Festival This is England Film Fesival EFN Short Film Festival Edinburgh Film Festival <img width="1125" height="751" width_o="1125" height_o="751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c952d7c1b47430b7bd91b6ddcd11c94a7204a1e8d1a03dac8be626ddd5c4b63e/IMG_3504.jpg" data-mid="203638234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c952d7c1b47430b7bd91b6ddcd11c94a7204a1e8d1a03dac8be626ddd5c4b63e/IMG_3504.jpg" /> Director - Caitlin McMullan Producer - Marissa Keating DOP - Helena Ohman Editor - Natalie McGowan Sound - Heather Andrews and Mark Vernon Executive Producers - Flore Cosquer, Scottish Documentary Institute and Mark Thomas, Screen Scotland Poster - Maeve Redmond https://rarebirdvideo.com/GoMA-Sugarcoating-the-Past Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:27:50 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/GoMA-Sugarcoating-the-Past 2. Walter Pater 2023Sugarcoating the Past? Editor&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Film Editor for 'Sugarcoating the Past?' A filmed performance at GoMA, Glasgow. This work was created as part of the GoMA commission, a response to 19th century museum objects related to the history of the GoMA building, legacies of Empire, and the transatlantic slave trade. Manu Kurewa is a Glasgow based filmmaker and visual artist. Some of his work have been shown and won awards at major international festivals. His interests are also in stage drama where he is involved in community theatre, developing work that celebrates achievements as well as raise local concerns. Manu is currently doing an art residency as part of Glasgow Life's Creative communities: Artists in Residency scheme. He is also currently developing a feature script with FilmFour. 2023Sugarcoating the Past? (The Discussion)Editor &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Filmmaker and visual artist Manu Kurewa has been commissioned by GoMA to create new work - his film 'Sugarcoating the Past? (The Discussion)' - in response to 19th century museum objects related to the history of the GoMA building, legacies of Empire, and the transatlantic slave trade. Manu’s film, alongside newly commissioned writing by Heshani Sothiraj Eddleston and the three objects that the artists choose to work with, is now on display inside the 'Domestic Bliss' exhibition at GoMA. The display was launched on September 16, 2023. https://rarebirdvideo.com/GoMA-Repeat-Patterns Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:27:53 +0000 Rare Bird Video https://rarebirdvideo.com/GoMA-Repeat-Patterns 2. Walter Pater <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab23f2200e9613a1d5cc051e40f1b56cd6e39a161c993234888c9f907bfd530a/Repeat-Patterns.jpg" data-mid="189723029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab23f2200e9613a1d5cc051e40f1b56cd6e39a161c993234888c9f907bfd530a/Repeat-Patterns.jpg" /> 2023Repeat Patterns Cinematographer, Editor &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Production of a conversational film with&nbsp;Glasgow-based artists Helen de Main and Mandy McIntosh for inclusion in their new exhibition of works on paper, fabric, and sculpture, commissioned by GoMA. The work exhibited in Repeat Patterns emerges from research and conversations about feminism and social reproduction – how inequalities persist through generations – addressed through radical printmaking practices. Helen de Main and Mandy McIntosh are both artists who employ group work as a pivotal part of their practice. Their approaches are rooted in multi-directional models of cooperative learning, capacity building and creativity, with a desire to create change in imagination and conditions. Informed by these ways of working, their research for Repeat Patterns examines class, housing, planning, displacement, care and the demand for equality. With print as a starting point for making, Repeat Patterns has developed to include works on paper, fabric, and sculpture. It also references the second-wave feminist argument that ‘the personal is the political’, which asserts experiences in women’s personal lives are directly linked to the social and political conditions within society. Repeat Patterns contributes to current conversations about the core pillars of the welfare state provisions in housing, care, work, and public spaces. Repeat Patterns has been supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.Image:Left - Helen de Main - We Want the Moon (detail), 2023 courtesy and © Helen de Main Right - Mandy McIntosh - The Family of Ten (detail), 2023 courtesy and © Mandy McIntosh